Tag Archives: #Disaster

Poverty-stricken people and their livestock are prone to danger of avalanche, starvation due to unprecedented snowfall By Shogulkhon Shoboz Тhe people of Wakhan and Pamirs, the impoverished regions of Afghanistan and Tajikistan are facing host of problems due partly to inaccessibility, lack of facilities as well as climate change effects. Many precious lives are lost due to lack of …

Shisper Glacier surge in western Karakoram range creates fear among people of Hunza Sitara Parveen As the people of Hunza are reeling from the 2010 Attabad disaster, another potential disaster is looming large in the valley. This time at Hassanabad Nullah, about 22km of Attabad. Reports in mainstream and social media about the surging of Shisper Glacier in the western …

A German court has rejected a lawsuit from Pakistanis against German retailer KiK over responsibility for a factory fire in Karachi. KiK said the blaze was an act of terrorism. Shamil Shams reports from Dortmund. DW BERLIN A German regional court in Dortmund on Thursday ruled against four Pakistanis who had sued the German discount clothing retailer KiK for €30,000 …

Text and photos by Naveedullah SHIMSHAL(Gojal), Aug 1: Shimshal, an isolated valley in the northeast of Hunza District has been devastated by floods. The swollen Shimshal river coupled with flash-floods in streams continue to wreak havoc in the valley as more standing crops, orchards, forests, irrigation channels and roads have been damaged during the last 24 hours. On Tuesday …